Excerpt from Chasing Rainbows: Young Adults Living With Cancer, an upbeat documentary film featuring 6 young people who are “living life while fighting for it.” For more info, visit the Chasing Rainbows channel on jimmyteens.tv or www.chasingrainbowsproduction.com.
Here we are introduced to 25 year old Katie who was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukaemia three and a half years ago. Before diagnosis Katie was just your typical student – working hard, partying hard until March 2006 when Katie […]
With the wide range of scarves and headgear readily available in a whole host of different colours, sizes and shapes, it can be hard to know what and even how to use them when covering up. Model Steph, along with […]
Elly is a vision of pink as she takes to the boxing ring and shows us just how tough she can be! Through a series of powerful photographs, we see how far Elly has progressed since her diagnosis with Leukemia. […]
Part two of Steph’s video diary sees her reaching a very important milestone in her treatment, as she officially becomes an outpatient, after continually being an in hospital for just over a month. With her hair falling out rapidly due […]
Here we are introduced to not one, but two teenagers being treated at UCLH, both close in age, but both in very different situations. First up is Jade Amanda Tyler, who in September of this year was diagnosed with Ewing’s […]
Who knew plasticine could be so scary? One plasticine patient, waiting for her plasticine chemo, soon discovers just this, when her ever so friendly nurse lets loose the Lawn Boy…no need to get out the clippers then!
Part 2 of Emma’s blog sees her preparing for another long stint in hospital, as well as waiting to see the results of the mini-beam treatment she has been receiving, chemotherapy used in smaller doses to create a more effective […]
Here we meet Laura, who begins her diary by explaining what it was like to be told she had cancer, as well as telling us some of the positive and negative points of her experience. We catch up with Laura […]
In this highly informative film, Sheffield provides a full rundown of the after care procedures taken for late effects of cancer, occurring months or years after treatment has finished and differing from symptoms seen during illness. Affecting both physical and […]
Diagnosed with Non Hodgkin’s Lymphoma at the end of November, here we are introduced to 25-year-old Katie Mackintosh. As she prepares for her fourth cycle of chemo, Katie explains how she is feeling and the side effects that are taking […]
After her first film “Flying Pink Ponies”, Gemma makes a return to Jimmyteens with a diary of her radiotherapy sessions, of which she will be receiving twelve in total. Gemma reports back after her first treatment, explaining some of the […]